Upcoming Event: How COVID-19 Vaccines Are Accelerating New Cancer Treatment Options

REGISTER   FUTURE LOOK: How COVID-19 Vaccines Are Accelerating New Cancer Treatments   November 10, 2021 · 12 Noon (EST) · Virtual Event   The future is now with the promise that mRNA vaccines offer patients across a wide spectrum of life-threatening diseases, including cancer. CRI is thrilled to invite you to join us for an in-depth look into the newest and most exciting approach to vaccination in our lifetime… mRNA vaccines. Alice Park of TIME Magazine will guide us on a 30-minute journey to the future with the heroes at the very center of this lifesaving breakthrough. Through this journey, you will have the opportunity to hear first-hand how mRNA vaccines work to fight diseases: What makes them different from other forms of vaccination? How is this ground-breaking technology already being applied to fight cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune disorders? Will certain types of cancer one day be managed routinely with mRNA vaccines? How soon can we expect to see real world results for cancer patients?   REGISTER   Leading up to this fascinating discussion, CRI will proudly bestow the 2021 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology on the four mRNA vaccine pioneers who are making this bright future possible. Drs. Katelin Karikó and Drew Weissman are the dynamic duo who just won America’s top medical research prize, The Lasker Award. Over the last few decades, they pushed the envelope, pursued and refined their methods to modify messenger RNA in the laboratory. Join us as we celebrate their discovery of the technology that enabled the rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines approved by the FDA and other regulatory authorities around the world.     Drs. Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci are the husband-and-wife team responsible for taking the mRNA technology and, in just eleven months, delivered the first mRNA vaccine for preventing COVID-19 that proved to be 90% effective against the growing pandemic, thereby saving hundreds of millions of lives across the globe. Celebrate their current achievements as well as their vision to deploy mRNA vaccines to treat cancer patients worldwide in the near future.     Join us as we toast the contributions of these four scientists who are revolutionizing medical research as we know it.   REGISTER     Reserve your spot today. Sponsorship opportunities available. Email lharmer@cancerresearch.org for more information.

 

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